You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars.

A young officer asked Nolte if he could take a Polaroid of him. On October 3 2007 his longtime partner Clytie Lane gave birth to their daughter Sophie Lane Nolte. In 1973 he appeared in Lorne Greene's ABC crime drama Griff in the episode "Who Framed Billy the Kid?" in the role of Billy Randolph a football player accused of murder.

(1982) Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) Another 48 Hrs. His films include The Deep (1977) 48 Hrs. (1990) The Prince of Tides (1991) Cape Fear (1991) Lorenzo's Oil (1992) Affliction (1997) The Thin Red Line (1998) The Good Thief (2003) and Warrior (2011).